As the weather warms up, you might be itching to get outside and spend some time in nature.

And thankfully, essential oils are ready to help provide their benefits to you and your outdoor adventures.

Welcome back to Essential Oil Solutions with Dutera, the podcast where you'll hear exciting,

useful, and simple everyday uses for essential oils from experts in the field.

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Today we're excited to talk to Samantha Lewis, a member of the Dutera product marketing team,

about how you can use your favorite essential oils outdoors.

Plus, we'll take a look at the history of Citronella.

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Samantha, thank you so much for being here with us today.

Thanks for having me.

I am really excited to talk about this topic.

The weather is warming up and I'm excited to get outside.

So my first question is, why can essential oils be so beneficial

for outdoor activities? I'm totally with you. I'm loving the warmer weather we're experiencing

right now. And I think that's a great question, especially for this time of year, because there are

so many uses for essential oils during outdoor activities, from cooling peppermint

to invigorating Terry Shield. You can use essential oils to help the skin, ward off pests,

support your respiratory system, and even soothe tired muscles. Well, that all sounds amazing,

and it definitely ticks a few things off of my list that I'm worried about when I

go outside. And a big one of those things is mosquitoes. What can I use if mosquitoes are a

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